Needle



Patented .amv 28, l1927.` y

- UNLTED STA EDMUND DZIUK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

NEEDLE.

Application filed October 13, 1928. Serial N o. 668,290.

This invention relates to needles and the object of the invention is to provide a needle which may be threaded with the utmost ease and facility.V

Another object of the invention is to provide a needle 'in' which the met-al at one side of the eye may be removed to allow the thread to be drawn into the eye.

A further object of` the invention to provide a needlein which the end ot' the thread mav be bindingly secured in the eye.

Another object of the invention is to'provide a device of the character described so arranged as to allow normal use of the needle without interference.

The above and other objects will be aparent from the ollowingdescription where- 1n reference is made to the accompanying drawings 'illustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention.

In the drawings Fig. 1j is a view of a needle embodying myf'invention.

fFig. 2 is an enlarged view of the eye thereo Fig. 3 is a view of an alternative form of eye. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 5 is a view 'of the end of an eye adapt-able to the needle shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 shows the construction as applied tol sewing machine needle.

Fig 7 is a section .taken on line 7-7 of imilar numerals refer to similar partsv throughout the several views.

The needle comprises a body portion 1 having an eye 2. The portion 3 of the metal at one side 0i the eye 2 is separated from the body portion 1 at the point 4 and has the nature of a spring tongue which is beveled at 5 to 'form 'a point adapted to engage in the V shaped groove 6 provided in the needle at the end of the eye v2 as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. If desired the portion 3 may be provided with a spring metal portion 7 adaptedto engage the body' portion 1 at the opposite side of the eye and hold the end- 5 in engagement with the seat 6. -By this arrangement the member 3 may be depressed by drawing a thread thereagainst and allowing the thread to be drawn into the portion 8 of the eye at which time it may be drawn past the 'spring member 7 `serted in the eye 14, or the thread into the portion 2 of the eye at which time the needle is threaded for sewing.-

If desired the spring member 7 may be done away -with in which event the tendency ofthe met-al portion 3 to spring outwardly holds the end 5 seated in the groove 6.

The portions 3 and end 5 may also be depressed b Y be move sideways through the portion 8 of the eye at' which time it will spring to the position At this time the thread may be' inserted in the veye and the portion 3 and end 5 moved back to the posit-ion shown in full lines in Fig. 2. If vdesired the end vof the eye "opposite the end 8 may be formed to prbvide a narrow V shaped slot 9 in which the end 10 of the thread may be bindingly engaged thus allowing the end .of the thread to be caught in the eye so that a single thread may be used for sewin An alternative form of the device is shown in Figs. 3 and 7 in which a portion 11 may be moved upwardly to allow the thread to be inserted in the eye 12, the members 11 and 13 interlocking as shown in Fig. i7. f

In Fig. 6 a construction is shown for the adaptation of the construction to a sewing machine needle. This needle is provided with an eye 14 and a ortion 15 which f orms one side of the eye similar to the 'portlon 3 shown in Fig. 3 and extending-longitudinally of the needle .and is provided with 16 which is adapted to engage in a notch 17 provided on the under side vof a' shoulder 18 formed in the body ef the needle, the needle being provided with a notch 19 adjacent the shoulder. Adjacent the eye '14 the member 15 is provided with a tongue 20 engaging in a notch 21 in the needle adjacent the eye which prevents the possibility of withdrawing the thread from the eye after being positioned therein.

The portion' 22 may. `be depressed and moved sideways through the notch 19 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 6 at which time the thread may be easily inmay be drawn against the portion 22 to depress the said portion and allow the thread to be drawnv into the notch 19 at which time it the fingers allowing the end 5 to l I 1,633,725 Tes PATE-NT OFFICE.

shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. v

an end mav be drawn downwardly longitudinally From the foregoing description it becomes evident that the device is very simple and efficient'in operation, may be i easily and quickly threaded, Will not interfere'W-ith the normal operation of the needle and pro` about its other end, the body portion of the needle being formed with a seat for thev free end of the flexible wall, said seat being channeled lengthwise of the needle to normally retain the end portion of the flexible Wall.

2. A needle having an elongated eye, and

having one Wall of said eye slit adjacent td one end of the eye, and forming a spring tongue `the body of the needle having a longitudinally channeled portion forming a seat normally receiving the free end of said spring tongue to maintain the eye closed, said tongue being urged by its resiliency outwardly to an acutely divergent relation to said needle, when released from said seat, and being laterally flexible to disengage it from said seat.

In witness whereof 4I hereunto set my hand.

EDMUN D DZIUK. 

